13-07-2020, 11:49 AM
heated, then diesel and "acetone-mix" from superdrug... must be a bit of water in there!
Thanks to all!! Zeto's approach still didnt want to shift it but that was because the "bar" (an old lopper handle) I attached was too short and in the wrong plane for not bending.
In the end I found a manky pair of molegrips and squeezed on a longer tube to get the handles in.
Result! (I can see the power of the moments. It cannot fail but one forgets the diameter needed)
Interesting to find the screw-in bit is steel as well, rather than brass. Does that mean it would be unwise to put that into an alloy box for corrosion possibilities?
Next question - I can see that this now doesn't remove as the central tube is still stuck at the bottom, unless I withdraw it from the central tube vertically. Will this central tube remove (from the base) if I undo the big base nut?
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Thanks to all!! Zeto's approach still didnt want to shift it but that was because the "bar" (an old lopper handle) I attached was too short and in the wrong plane for not bending.
In the end I found a manky pair of molegrips and squeezed on a longer tube to get the handles in.
Result! (I can see the power of the moments. It cannot fail but one forgets the diameter needed)
Interesting to find the screw-in bit is steel as well, rather than brass. Does that mean it would be unwise to put that into an alloy box for corrosion possibilities?
Next question - I can see that this now doesn't remove as the central tube is still stuck at the bottom, unless I withdraw it from the central tube vertically. Will this central tube remove (from the base) if I undo the big base nut?
2020-07-13 11.14.29_1.jpg (Size: 193.7 KB / Downloads: 131)
2020-07-13 11.19.08_1.jpg (Size: 203.72 KB / Downloads: 131)
2020-07-13 11.22.53_1.jpg (Size: 157 KB / Downloads: 132)
2020-07-13 11.30.11_1.jpg (Size: 173.32 KB / Downloads: 131)